STAND. COM. REP. NO.  554

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 1516

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1516 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT AND THE RELOCATION OF HONOLULU MARINE, INC. TO KEEHI SMALL BOAT HARBOR,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure the smooth transition of the operations of Honolulu Marine, Inc., from its current commercial marine railed ship repair facility on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA) at Kewalo Basin, to a new facility on undeveloped public lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) next to Keehi Small Boat Harbor, by appropriating $4,000,000 for improvements to be made on and relocation of the facility to the public lands at Keehi Small Boat Harbor.

     The Hawaii Boaters Political Action Association, Ocean Tourism Coalition, the Owner and President of Honolulu Marine, Inc., the Vice President of project development of Paradise Cruise, Ltd., Atlantis Submarines Hawaii, and Atlantis Cruises testified in support of this bill.  DLNR opposed this measure.

HCDA provided comments.

     Your Committee requests that the Committee on Finance determine the accuracy of the language in the bill that HCDA is actively trying to have Kewalo Basin and the surrounding fast land area developed by a private developer through a request for proposals process, and to remove the language only after a thorough examination of the current situation indicating the falsity of the language.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion;

(2)  Changing the appropriation amount to an unspecified sum; and

(3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1516, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1516, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs,

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KEN ITO, Chair